Silo-filler.



W. H. MENGLB.

SILO FILLER. APPLICATION FILED 1111.211914.

1,113,809. V Patented 001113,1914,

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W. H. MENGLE.

SILO FILLEB.

APPLIUATION FILED 11111.28. 1914.

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SILO-FILLER;

Specification of IiettersPatent.` l Patented 001;. 13, 1914 Application inea January 28, 1914. serial Naeiaoaa To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MENGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements 4inSilo-Fillers, of

which the following is a specification. ,l

This invention relates to silo fillers and packers and the principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for distributing `the ensilage and packing the saine in the silo whereby a greater quantity of ensilage may be contained in the silo and also to avoid air spaces which create mold and the consequent destruction of the' ensilage.

A further object of the invention is to` provide a device of this character which may be conveniently placed in operation.

and removed from the silo and which is adjustable so as to adapt the same ,to different sizes of silos. p V

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read. in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional :view through a silo showing the device in operation therein. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view through the upper portion of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the silo with lthe roof removed. Fig. l is a horizontal section taken on the line 4,-1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detailvertical section talen on the line 6 6 of Fig. l.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an ordinary circular silo having a roof 2 provided inthis instance with a dormer opening through which the ensilage conveyer 3 is adapted to pass. Mounted upon the upper edges of the silo walls are cross girders t and 5 upon which is secured a bearing head 6 having a gear 7 rotatably mounted thereon. This gear is driven by asimilar gear 8 carried upon a transmission shaft 9 which passes out through the roof and is provided with a pulley 10 arranged to receive a belt from the source of power.

The gear 7 is keyed directly to the lower end of a hopper 11 which is provided with a lateral discharge spout 12 and is supported so as to rotate with the gear by means of an annular; band or ring 13 which carriesl thev anti-friction rollers 14 and is braced by the struts l5 extending from the ringto the cross girders 4i and 5,.as shown. This hopper is ,arranged toreceive the ensilage from the conveyer 3 Vand distribute the same evenly `around the silo as will be readily understood. `Slidably mounted in the gear Vandfhopper is a shaft 16 provided with a key-wayl? arrangedto'receive the keys 13 and19, the former projecting inwardly from the gear 7 and the latter projecting inwardly` from thev sleeve 19 extending up centrally through the hopper 11.v

Keyed to the lower end of the shaft 16 is a head 20 and extending radiallyfroln` the head and journaled therein andina retainingband 21 are rollers 22 constructed in sections so 1as to be readily removable `through the `dormer opening. These rollers are eausedto travel over` the ensilage as it isldeposited within vthe silo by the hopper and are preceded by scraping elements 23 `secured in the head 20 and ring 21 so as to be adjustable vertically with relationto the ring and head whereby any desired degree `of scraping may beobtained.` These scraping elements level thel ensilage, as will be readily understood, and the rollers following the same pack the ensilage firmly, thereby preventing air spaces, the shaft 16 Inoving freely through the gear and the hopper and rising as the silo isjlled. The shaft is preferably made in sections similar to an oil well shaft so that. as it rises through they hopper the inactive sections may be removed. The band 21 is shown to have overlapping ends but may be made in sections, as will be readily understood, so that it is possible toincrease or decrease its size accordingvto the 'length of the rollers 22. As shown, the `scraping elements 23 `are made in sectionsy so that'they can be lengthened or shortened in accordance with the size of the silo in which the device is used.`

If desired,I1naydispense with the groove or channel shaft and use a square shaft which will fit the gear and the hopper.

What is claimed is l. A silo filler and packer comprising an open platform, a hopper supported thereon, means to rotate the hopper and a rotating packing devicerotating with the hop- 2. A silo liller and packer comprising an open platform, a hopper rotatably mounted thereon, means for rotating the hopper and a freely, vertically movable packing device rotating with the hopper.

3. A silo filler and packer comprising an open platform, ahopper rotatably mounted thereon, means for rotatingl the hopper, a shaft freely, slidable through the hopper and actuated thereby and apacking device carried by the hopper.

4f. A silo filler and packer comprising an open platform, a hopper rotatably mounted thereon, means for rotating the hopper, aV

l support, a hopperrotata'bly mounted thereon, a sectional shaft freely slidable through said hopper `'and keyed to rotate with the hopper, a` leveling and packing device carried by the4 shaft and means to drive the hopper.- ,n

``Gopiesjof this patentmay be obtained for 7. A silo filler and packer comprising a support, a hopper rotatably mounted thereon, means for driving the hopper, a shaft rotated by said driving means, radially extending rollers carried at the end of the shaft, means for bracing the rollers and leveling members arranged in advance of the rollers between the bracing means and the shaft.

8. A silo ller and packer comprising a support, a hopper rotatably mounted thereon, means to drive the hopper, a shaft connected to the driving means and rotatable with the hopper, a head on the shaft, an adjustable bracing member, sectional rollers j ournaled between the bracing member and the head, sectional leveling members secured between the brace and the head and means for adjusting `the leveling members vertically with relation to the bracing member and head. i

ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM H. MENGLE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. CHANEY, A. J. BURKE.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

